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  1. JohnBriggs12
    They should have moved Weeks to CF a couple of years ago instead of Hall. It will be real interesting to see what a manager from outside will do. If it's Brenly, I wouldn't be shocked if he moved Weeks to the OF. I get the Cub broadcast of games vs. the Brewers and Brenly isn't sold on Weeks at 2B.
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    Bill Hall, assuming they find someone to play 3B, is the obvious answer as a SS replacement (seems to me he's done it before) but I think Escobar is ready myself. Frankly though I'd have a hard time trading Hardy for a pitcher who's 26 who's never posted and ERA under 5, good stuff or no.
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    What is he going to tell him? He was hired as "interim manager", with interim being the operative word. Melvin left the door open to bring him back if he went deep in playoffs but 4 games is not deep. Sure, he made the playoffs, largely on the basis of playing Pittsburgh 3 times and the Cubs who were disinterested. I'm sure that caused Melvin to drag it out a little longer, but I think he finally decided that Sveum either wasn't experienced enough or didn't represent enough of a change from the previous regime. Ironically as it is being the first playoff team in 26 years, a lot of guys on this club underachieved in 2008. Sabathia saved them to the extent he could, but if he's not around, unless some of these guys turn it around, they could slip really badly in 09.
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    I could live with Showalter, though I prefer Brenly. It's a different sport but Sveum's situation compares somewhat to Dennis Savard with the Blackhawks. Teams (re: owners) with serious intentions want experienced managers. The Brewers missed the boat though. Torre was available last year when they should have dumped Yost. That's not to say they would have been able to outbid the Dodgers for Torre, but Torre did have a connection to Milwaukee, having come up with the Braves. I think Sveum's choosing Suppan over Gallardo in game 4 sealed his fate.
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    I think your dismissing Kouzmanoff prematurely. As has been pointed out his career road splits: .282/.330/.488, are very solid and he's a guy who in 2006 put up incredible minor league numbers (1.109 OPS in 244 AA abs and 1.056 in 102 AAA abs). He's likely to break out at some point and have some big years if he gets away from Petco. I think he could easily hit .280/.340/.520, with 30 HR and 95-100 RBI in Miller Park. Hall/Lamb or Hall/Branyan might come close to those numbers if they have good years and stay healthy but the team would be stronger with those guys coming off the bench. As for Kouzmanoff's defense, 11 errors in 154 games? That's pretty impressive.
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    slim left town. He did play okay. His arm was good. He made all the routine plays. Didn't bobble any routine hits to LF. But he did play very cautiously on balls hit over his head. He took a few bad angles on some balls and misplayed what should have been singles into extra bases a few times. But to win a Gold Glove, you need to make some more highlight reel plays. What I liked about his play was that his concentration level never waned out there. That's what bad OF do. In the long run, if he keeps that up, he has a chance down the road at a gold glove.
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    How is Brenly unattractive? Because he was a Cub broadcaster? The man's got a World Series ring, a .536 winning percentage, knows the chief rival in the division inside out as well as the entire NL Central including the Brewers who he's seen at their worst (you don't think he's talked to Piniella and Rothschild on how they approach pitching to Brewer hitters? I would think that info would be enlightening). He's also refreshed from 4 years in the tv booth and should be energized to manage again. He's also close to Yount which seemed to be Sveum's biggest plus.
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    The only 2 I would trade Braun for are Longoria and Hanley Ramirez. Pujols, Utley, Wright, Morneau and Mauer are all superior players at least right now, but Braun's contract is 2-4 years longer than any of those guys and 7 years of Braun are worth more than 5 years of Wright or 3 years of Pujols.. The other guys endaround lists are very good and might be the equal of Braun, but they are not clearly superior in my book. I wouldn't deal him for any pitcher. It's impossible to know now what pitcher will be healthy and strong 5 years from now much less 7.
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    I wouldn't be shocked if Royals went hard after former Royal Ibanez. If they got him, then Teahen becomes odd man out. But I think they'd be more interested in Weeks than Hall. Teahen is just one year removed from a solid .285/.353/.410 season and has more value than Hall. He'd be a very handy pickup for Brewers either at 3rd or in RF but he'd need to return to his 06/07 form.
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    It's a tough economy to be raising prices in any industry. I've heard Attanasio and he is sensitive to that. If you don't think this affects baseball, ask yourself what's holding up the sale of the Cubs. The answer is Sam Zell can't get his asking price in this market. It's possible that even player salaries will be held somewhat in check this offseason.
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    I think there's a good chance they'll re-sign Wolf. That will give them 3 decent starters. They have a solid closer. If they solidify the back end of their rotation, they are real contenders. The key to their lineup is Pence. He's a lot like Corey Hart in that he's undisciplined and likes to run. But unlike Corey he closed the year strong. If he gets back to his rookie year production, look out.
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    wvpowerlkwel, I'd be interested to hear your impressions of Eric Fryer.
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    What math makes .344 lower than .341? Crisp had higher OBP this year and since he's still in his prime (while Cameron's not), he's more likely to maintain that than Cameron is at age 36. Crisp hit better with RISP (.267 to .245), hit better with 2 out and RISP (.239 to .205) and Crisp didn't fade in September like Cameron (Crisp hit .375 in Sept to Cameron's .176). Did age have anything to do with Cameron's fade in Sept? I wouldn't rule it out. But beyond all the stats, and I have no doubt Al you could massage the stats to make a case for Cameron too, the key you are ignoring is the makeup of the lineup. With Cameron in CF in 2008, the Brewers scored 51 fewer runs than they did in 2007. A big part of that is because the addition of Cameron added one more high strikeout, low contact, right handed bat to a lineup full of them (Hall, Hart, Hardy, Braun, Weeks), which enabled pitchers to work around the one threat from the left side and go after the free swinging rest. That the Brewers ended up trying to counter this imbalance with a Craig Counsell speaks to the need for something in the lineup other than free swinging right handed bats. Now if you're okay with spending $13 million to bring back both Cameron and Counsell who combined will be 74 next year, fine. But I'd rather spend less for a solid player in his prime and lessen the need to have Counsell getting regular playing time and take 70 strikeouts out of my lineup.
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    Yes Crisp is not an All Star. So? He's a better CF option on this free swinging team than is Cameron and he's a switch hitter. Who out there is going to give the Brewers a All Star caliber leadoff man that plays a position of need? He also carries a contract that is within reason. It would depend on what the Brewers would have to give up, but I'd take Crisp in a heartbeat if the deal is right.
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    In the scenario of this entire thread, Prince has been traded. It's assumed that anyone replacing him is a downgrade, though I'm not so sure massive applies to Young. Young is a darn good hitter. Of course the caveat is if healthy and he'd have to prove it before anyone would deal for him.
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    Mike Fontenot slugged over .500 for the Cubs this year. He's generously listed at 5'8". I-Rod is 5'9". That they aren't OF isn't really the point. They slug enough to be if they couldn't play elsewhere.
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    Just for discussion, let me throw another name out there: Dmitri Young. If he can get his health issues under control (I realize that might be a big if) I think he'd be a nice fit. He is the epitome of a professional hitter the Brewers have been lacking. He really doesn't have a spot to play in Washington if Johnson is healthy. I don't think it would take much to get him in a deal and his $5 million salary for 09 is not a back breaker. Besides, all you'd have to do is take Fielder's name off the jersey and replace it with Young. Another "out there" possibility, is to bring back Durham and play him at 1B in a platoon with Hall, assuming you've moved Hardy to 3B.
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    Maybe Hart is just one of those guys who starts off well in his career and then loses it. The list of those guys is pretty long. Take Cory Snyder from late 80's-early 90's. Peaked at age 25, downhill after that. That's not to say Hart won't rebound, but they better be prepared with an alternative.
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    I don't think moving Hardy to 3B lowers his value at all. Another team can still move him back to SS if that's their need. He'd be moving to 3B to make room for Escobar not because he can't play the position. Teams aren't going to forget he was a pretty good SS.
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    Can't imagine why Nats would give up a pre arby 24 year old lefthander. Especially one as accomplished at changing speeds as Lannan.
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    He's one of the few on the team that held up down the stretch offensively. I still don't understand why he's not tried in CF though. He just can't be counted on defensively in key situations at second base. Of the current roster, he's still the best leadoff option but I think he's better off mentally down in the order. That's why they have to find a leadoff hitter.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    If you (and my old classmate Vic F) were paying attention it was pretty clear Attanasio has been meddling to a degree since at least the end of the 06 season. Suppan just happens to live in LA. Think it's an accident that he ended up signing after dinner at MA's house? That had Attanasio's fingerprints all over it. He was telling everyone that listened how they were left short due to injuries to Sheets and Ohka in 06. I think giving Counsell a multiyear deal was also influenced by the owner. He was shocked by the lack of depth that was "exposed" when the had to bring up Chris Barnwell for a brief time that year. I think this past offseason, Attanasio told Melvin to load up on veterans in the bullpen in reaction to last year's pen collapse. Melvin is too savvy and has been around too long to overreact based on a string of injuries or performance in one area in one particular season. But the last 2 offseasons it seems that priorities are being set by someone focusing more on recent history than building based on sound principles. Melvin is no dummy. He knows who signs his paycheck.
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    I know of a team in the NL Central that could use Mr. Branyan in a full season third base platoon. How about the Brewers? Well, I'd say Mike Lamb figures in this discussion also.
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    Sherrill is not Brian Shouse Joe and didn't you forget to subtract the $8 million or so Fielder will get in arbitration? I don't understand your point about Mora's torrid 2nd half. He played everyday virtually through August and he arguably was the best hitter in baseball in the month of August hitting .418/.455/.765 with 32 RBI. If your point is he was getting more rest the 2nd half, the facts don't back that up. He missed games in September because of nagging injuries. If your point was he got hot after the O's were out of it, the O's were out of it from day 1.
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    Eric Hinske could give you a nice bang for your buck. Rays got an awful lot of production from him (.798 OPS) for an $800,000 investment. If say they did that Fielder proposal and picked up Mora and Roberts, Brewers would have statistically the number 2 3B in the division and the top SS and 2B assuming they held on to Hardy another year. Then they could go with a Hinske or even a Lamb platoon at first with (you guessed it) Bill Hall. That's not a bad infield.
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